com.saperion.ngc.resultset

Class SearchStringParser

java.lang.Object

com.saperion.ngc.resultset.SearchStringParser

public class SearchStringParser
extends Object

Parses search strings entered by the user.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SearchStringParser(String searchString, Map<String,ResultSetColumn> availableColumns) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getSimpleString()
boolean	isSimpleString() Checks if the search string is just a simple string and does not define one or more column/value pairs.
Map<String,String>	parse() Parses the string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SearchStringParser

public SearchStringParser(String searchString,
                          Map<String,ResultSetColumn> availableColumns)

Constructor.

Parameters:

searchString - string to parse

availableColumns - map with all available columns and their labels

Method Detail

isSimpleString

public boolean isSimpleString()

Checks if the search string is just a simple string and does not define one or more column/value pairs.

Returns:

true if no column/value pairs exist

getSimpleString

public String getSimpleString()
                       throws SearchSyntaxException

Returns:

the search string without escape characters.

Throws:

SearchSyntaxException - when the string is too short

parse

public Map<String,String> parse()
                         throws SearchSyntaxException

Parses the string.

Returns:

Map containing column, filter pairs.

Throws:

SearchSyntaxException - on syntax error